Interesting article in NYTimes today (4-9-2013) http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/technology/coursesmart-e-textbooks-track-students-progress-for-teachers.html?hp Here is what I posted. (I think it could be a lot clearer, since there are certainly students who don’t need to study much to perform well. On the other hand, even Einstein failed his French exam when he didn’t study. So, I guess what I mean is that if […]
Online Courses MOOC
January 31, 2013 by
In my post http://www.inside-higher-ed.com/how-does-your-course-compare/, there is a link to MIT’s OpenCouresWare. These are MIT courses that the university has put online for their students – or for anyone who wants to use the materials. Furthermore, if you go to https://www.edx.org/university_profile/MITx you will find a site that explains how MIT and Harvard are jointly offering to not just put […]
Links to Salary Surveys at Universities
January 4, 2013 by
(More will be added) (more added at bottom, 1/24/2013) Georgia Tech http://www.adors.gatech.edu/commencement/salary_report_result.cfm?college=TOTAL&level=1&surveyid=62&Submit=Submit Carnegie Mellon http://www.cmu.edu/career/salaries-and-destinations/index.html (This is an example of what you get when you click on one of Carnegie’s links: http://www.cmu.edu/career/salaries-and-destinations/2012-survey/pdfs-one-pagers/2012_SCS.pdf ) Washington University in St. Louis http://careercenter.wustl.edu/about/Documents/annualreport11-12.print.pdf MIT http://web.mit.edu/facts/alum.html General Links NerdScholar http://www.nerdwallet.com/nerdscholar/ (Go to “compare schools” and pick schools to see salaries. Payscale http://www.payscale.com/college-education-value […]
Good Graph on Textbook Costs and some advice
January 4, 2013 by
There is a brief article on textbook costs online in the Atlantic. Here is the link http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/01/why-are-college-textbooks-so-absurdly-expensive/266801/ With respect to textbooks, their size and their cost, here is an interesting situation that I observed when I taught a course in multivariable calculus. Many of the students had taken calculus in high school and only needed […]
How does your course compare?
December 10, 2012 by
Let’s say you are taking a course in Calculus (or Differential Equations, or whatever) and you want to know if it is up to snuff. I suggest that students go to the MIT OCW (OpenCourseWare) site (http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm) and look up the same course there. You can find the course description, homework problems, old exams and a list of […]
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